The funding bill House Republican leaders released on Saturday does not avert cuts for doctors who treat Medicare patients — a blow to Republicans who had pushed for the changes that also could risk alienating members whose support will be needed to pass the legislation.
Budget chicanery begets more budget chicanery. About this time in 2010, Democrats were trying every procedural and accounting trick they could conjure to push ObamaCare through a restive Congress.
Speaker Mike Johnson powered a budget resolution floor vote through, overcoming threats of a revolt from swing-district Republicans.
Democrats and Republicans are likely to face off next week as a government shutdown looms during for the Trump administration.